Mario Party 4

Mario Party 4 is a 2002 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the fourth installment in the Mario Party series and the first one to be released for GameCube. Like the previous games in the series, it features eight playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong, Princess Daisy, and Waluigi from the Mario franchise, who can be directed as characters on six themed game boards. The objective of the game is to earn as many coins and stars as possible. Each character's movement is determined by a roll of a dice, with a roll from each player forming a single turn. Each round is followed by a minigame in which characters compete for coins they can use to purchase items and stars. Besides the standard multiplayer mode, the game also features a singleplayer campaign in which the player plays the game with artificial intelligence-controlled players.

Mario Party 4 was announced in March 2002 and was later showcased at E3 2002. The game received mixed or average reviews, with complaints going to the singleplayer mode, the design of game boards, and sound effects, while the graphics and controls were praised. It won the Family Game of the Year award at the Interactive Achievement Awards of 2003. The game was followed by Mario Party 5 for the same console in 2003.